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Summary
| Portrait of Marquess of Launay (1740-1789) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist |
Chénon père, after Comte Cagliostro [signing] |
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| Title |
Portrait of Marquess of Launay (1740-1789) |
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| Description |
English: Portrait of the Marquess of Launay, who was governor of the Bastille. That day(14 July 1789), He was killed by the furious crowd. After the killing, his head was sawn off, and was fixed on a pike to be carried through the streets. |
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| Date | circa 1789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | engraving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 22.7 cm (8.9 in); width: 16.9 cm (6.6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| References | BM ; Musée de la Révolution française | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | personal library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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